But Cech says the Chelsea
boss shouldn't take the flak for their Euro misery.

'We win together,
we lose together,' the 29-year-old stopper said. 'We are all on the
same boat and we try to guide the boat to the harbour as safe as
possible.

'The players need to finish the season well for ourselves,
the club, for everybody. We are not only playing for the manager or the
owner, we are playing for the entire club. The supporters who are all
over the world, the staff and everyone involved with Chelsea.

'It is
always disappointing if you are part of a big club and you don't win a
trophy. After winning the Double last season everyone thought we would
defend the titles. We had a good start and then the season became
difficult.

'But we were doing well in the Champions League until the
two games against United. We were very unlucky in the first game, but
overall I have to say they deserved to go through.'

With only the league left to focus
on, Cech stressed that Chelsea, in third, have plenty to play for and
must strive to finish as high as possible or risk not qualifying for
Europe's elite competition next term.

The Blues are 11 points behind runaway league leaders United but only two
points above fourth-placed Manchester City with just five points
separating them from Tottenham in fifth.

With the risk of their season ending
in tatters, Cech is determined that his team-mates pick themselves up
this weekend at West Brom as they attempt to close the four-point advantage
held by their London rivals Arsenal in second.

'This is the year to learn from and to pick ourselves up and finish the season strongly because there is still plenty to play for,' Cech said.

'We want to finish as high as possible in
the league, we have to pick ourselves up and get ready for the next
season.

'If we win most of the [remaining] games we can finish second.'

Second best: Cech wants Chelsea to finish runners-up in the league after losing to United in Europe

Cech is adamant that Chelsea
displayed unity in defeat at Old Trafford and has no fears that his
side will disintegrate now they have little to play for.

He added: 'You could see [at Old Trafford] the team is together,' he
said,.

'if you are not together and you go down to ten men losing 1-0 the
team falls apart but we didn’t do so.'

Cech, however, rued Chelsea's crucial
collapse when Park Ji-Sung won the tie for United just moments after
Didier Drogba had offered them hope in scoring an equaliser.

The
Blues, reduced to ten men after Ramires was sent off, witnessed their
European hopes crushed by the Korean who scored less than 60 seconds
after the Ivorian levelled on the night.

'We did well, it was a pretty equal game
and down to ten men after Ramires’s 70th-minute sending-off] we managed
to get our goal,' Cech said.

'I believe that they would be under a lot
of pressure but we were thinking too much about scoring the second goal
and we conceded straight away after we scored, which was the decisive
moment of the game.'